Humility and meekness are the
weapons we have to defend ourselves
from the hatred of the world. This was
the focus of Pope Francis during his
homily, which centered on the struggle
between the love of Christ and the
hatred of the prince of this world.
"Today," continued Pope Francis,
"Jesus reminds us of this hatred that
the world has against us, against the
followers of Jesus." The world hates us,
he repeated, "because He has saved us,
redeemed us." Recalling the "weapons
to defend ourselves" he added that we
must remain sheep, "because sheep are
meek and humble, [and when we are
sheep] we have a shepherd." The Pope
concluded with an invocation to the
Virgin Mary, asking her, "to help us
become meek ...